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Azam Khan

Azam Khan is the founder member of Samajwadi Party and a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India.He was also one of the senior most Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and has been a member of the legislative assembly for nine terms from Rampur assembly constituency. Azam Khan was born on 14 August 1948 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. He attained Bachelor of Laws degree in 1974 from Aligarh Muslim University. He married Tazeen Fatma in 1981 and has two sons.He worked as a lawyer before joining politics. He has been into several controversies which sparked attention from the media. He is known for sharing quite a close relation with Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of U.P. Khan is currently a member of the Samajwadi Party but has been a member of four other political parties between 1980 and 1992. During his first term, he was a member of Janata Party (Secular). During his second term, he was a member of the Lok Dal. Khan was a member of Janata Dal during his third term. In his fourth term, Azam Khan was a member of Janata Party. Since 1993, he has been a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Azam Khan

Birthday bash: Mulayam hails Azam Khan for doing "great job"
National | Nov 29, 2014, 10:16 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today heaped praise on senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan for doing a “great job” in arranging his birthday bash even as he ruled out any action against
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj attacks Salman Khurshid, Azam Khan
National | Nov 27, 2014, 04:07 PM IST
Farrukhabad: BJP MP from Unnao Sachidanand Hari Sakshi today claimed a CBI probe would be ordered into the alleged irregularities in distribution of equipments to the handicapped by an NGO run by former Union Minister
Azam's view on Taj Mahal: JD(U) asks Muslim not to fall into traps
National | Nov 26, 2014, 02:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Taking on senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for his demand that the Taj Mahal be handed over to Waqf Board, JD(U) today urged Muslims not to fall into such "traps" which are

BJP protest Khan's comment, Speaker adjourns House
National | Nov 25, 2014, 11:29 PM IST
Lucknow: The winter session of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha came to an end today, two days before schedule, amid din by BJP members who took expection to minister Azam Khan's comment that how prime minister
Raju Srivastav wields the broom, nominates Mayawati, Azam
National | Nov 24, 2014, 01:01 PM IST
Kanpur: Stand-up comedian Raju Srivastav, who was nominated for Swachhta Abhiyaan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wielded the broom here today and nominated Mayawati and Azam Khan among 11 persons for the cleanliness challenge. Srivastav,
Bukhari, Azam 'should go to Pakistan': UP Navnirman Sena chief
National | Nov 22, 2014, 08:23 PM IST
Meerut (UP): In controversial remarks, Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief Amit Jani today said that Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari and Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan “should go to Pakistan”. Uttar Pradesh Navnirman

Govt committed to free Waqf properties of encroachment: Najma
National | Nov 22, 2014, 04:24 PM IST
Chennai: Centre is committed to free Waqf properties of encroachment and develop them with the help of a “strong legislation”, Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla said today.“In the last standing committee meeting (in this
Mulayam rides a buggy on birthday; Azam Khan triggers controversy over funds
National | Nov 22, 2014, 07:29 AM IST
Rampur(UP): SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav rode an imported Victorian-style 'buggy' today and around 40 ministers gathered for his 75th mega birthday bash, fuelling criticism that was met with a caustic response from Azam Khan
Taj Mahal should be handed over to Wakf Board: Azam Khan
National | Nov 21, 2014, 07:13 AM IST
Rampur: Uttar Pradesh Minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has suggested that the Taj Mahal and the income generated through it should be handed over to the Wakf Board contending that the monument

Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan carrying live bullets, questioned at Delhi airport
National | Nov 16, 2014, 11:50 PM IST
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan was today stopped by security officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) after he was found carrying four live rounds of bullets in his hand
Azam Khan says, Ayodhya issue 'almost dead'
National | Nov 14, 2014, 06:46 PM IST
Lucknow: Hitting out at BJP, UP minister Azam Khan today said the Ayodhya issue was “almost dead” as a “temple already exits there” and alleged that the saffron party wanted to keep it alive to
Leader should belong to people of all communities: Azam
National | Nov 10, 2014, 07:24 AM IST
Kanpur: In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today said a leader should belong to people of all communities and treat every one as equal.“I am also a

UP: Six SP candidates, including wife of Azam Khan, file nomination for RS polls
National | Nov 03, 2014, 03:15 PM IST
Lucknow: Tanzeem Fatima, wife of the powerful UP minister Azam Khan, was among 6 SP candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls slated to be held later this month.All the six
Azam's wife turns down SP's Rajya Sabha offer
National | Oct 31, 2014, 06:12 PM IST
Rampur: The wife of Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan today turned down the offer by Samjwadi Party to nominate her for the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled next month.The ruling party of Uttar Pradesh today announced
BJP dares Azam Khan to ban RSS in UP
National | Oct 31, 2014, 03:48 PM IST
Lucknow: Days after Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan wrote a letter to Union Home Ministry against the RSS, BJP today dared him to ban the outfit in the state. “It seems that Khan is losing

Azam asks Rajnath to take serious note of RSS' Hindu remark
National | Oct 29, 2014, 05:25 PM IST
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan today sent a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asking him to take a serious note of RSS' statement that all citizens of the country are Hindus, claiming
Azam Khan denies sting claim over Muzaffarnagar riots
National | Oct 16, 2014, 01:05 PM IST
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan has denied having called up any official before the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots broke out, as accused by a television channel in a sting operation.Appearing before a committee
Hate speech relief for Azam, but HC raises office-of-profit query
National | Sep 25, 2014, 03:04 PM IST
Lucknow: In a relief to senior Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan, the Allahabad High Court today refused to accept a prayer for issuing directions for the lodging of an FIR against him over an alleged
PM chose not to warn those spewing venom against Muslims: Azam
National | Sep 21, 2014, 05:22 PM IST
Rampur (UP): Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan took a swipe at Narendra Modi over his statement praising Muslims, saying “while the Prime Minister acknowledged Muslims as patriots” he chose not to warn those “spewing venom”
Azam slams Sakshi Maharaj on madarssa issue, calls him "rapist"
National | Sep 17, 2014, 02:03 PM IST
Barabanki: In an apparent attack on BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj for his statement that "madrassas were giving education of terrorism", Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd Azam Khan today said the statement has come from a person